ITP-Law

Information Technology Parks Law

Law regarding the information technology parks


Stand:
Chapter V
SUPPORT AND STIMULATION OF PARKS RESIDENT`S ACTIVITY

Art.

  15 - Tax benefits and incentives provided for the creation and operation of information technology parks

(1) To facilitate the creation and operation of information technology parks, the state provides Park residents with the following incentives:

a) a single tax paid by Park residents in the amount of 7 percent of sales revenue, but not lower than the level set in part (2), including the following taxes and fees due from Park residents in accordance with applicable legislation: business income tax, payroll income tax, mandatory state social insurance contributions paid by employees and employers, mandatory health insurance contributions paid by employees and employers, local taxes, real estate tax and road usage fee for vehicles registered in the Republic of Moldova. Other taxes and fees are paid by Park residents in a General manner;

b) financial allocations received by competition under state programs;

c) the possibility of using funds from the digital innovation and technology start-up support Fund, which operates on the basis of a regulation approved by the Government that provides for the principles, mission and goals of the Fund, as well as the procedure for the formation and use of these funds;

d) other tax and customs benefits provided for by tax and customs legislation.

(1.1) For the application of a single tax levied on residents of information technology parks in accordance with paragraph (1) (a), income tax on wages, mandatory state social insurance contributions paid by employees and employers, and mandatory health insurance contributions paid by employees and employers are payments to employees or in their favor made by residents of information technology parks on the Basis of labor legislation and regulations containing labor law norms.

(2) The minimum amount of a single tax levied on residents of information technology parks is determined monthly for each employee and is 30 percent of the average monthly salary for the economy projected for the tax period of the corresponding tax.

(3) Levied on the resident information technology parks single tax, the amount of which is determined in accordance with this article shall be paid them monthly as provided by applicable law.

(4) If new laws are adopted that change the rate of the unified tax levied on residents of information technology parks and/or its composition provided for in paragraph (1) (a) and/or cancel this tax, Park residents are entitled to carry out activities in accordance with the provisions of the laws in force before the date of entry into force of the new laws for a period of nine years, which is calculated from the date of entry into force of this law and which should not exceed the period of operation of the relevant Park. If certain taxes and/or fees included in the unified tax levied on residents of information technology parks provided for in paragraph (1) (a) are replaced by other taxes and/or fees by legislation, the composition of the unified tax is adjusted accordingly without changing its rate.

(5) If Park residents do not comply with the conditions for applying the benefits provided for by this law, their obligations to the national public budget are recalculated in accordance with the General procedure, starting from the tax period in which the violation was committed, in accordance with the current legislation.

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Art.

  16 - Social and health insurance for Park residents

(1) Employees of Park residents enjoy all types of social insurance benefits paid from the state social insurance budget, in accordance with the current legislation. The insured monthly income of these employees should be 68 percent of the average monthly salary for the economy projected for the corresponding year.

(2) Employees of Park residents receive the status of an insured person in the mandatory health insurance system based on updated information provided in the income tax reports, mandatory health insurance contributions and mandatory state social insurance contributions withheld and accrued in accordance with the current legislation.

(3) The Park resident must provide its employees with written information about the specifics of social and health insurance established by this article, as well as about the specifics of income tax on wages before obtaining the status of a Park resident, and in the case of new employees – before hiring them.

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